Do you suppose the TeaParty knows: the origin of Obamacare and Romneycare goes back to President Richard Nixon, who saw that many people did not have adequate health care and wanted a solution, albeit a Republican solution. His plan had an employer mandate, forcing every business to buy health care for its employees, not unlike ObamaCare, that forces individuals to do the same. Later, the very conservative Heritage Foundation modified Nixon's plan and proposed that individuals, rather than businesses, be forced to buy insurance from private companies. For decades, this was the Republican response to Democratic attempts to expand Medicare to cover everyone. Only after Obama pushed it through did the Republicans begin objecting to what was, in reality, their own plan.
When Obama was elected president, I have to believe in response to all the prayers, the Senate Minority Leader said that the sole job of the Republican Party was to ensure that Obama was a one term president. If Obama was for it the Republicans were against it. My guess is if Romney wins the Democrats will do the same thing.
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